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Install packages

Many of the tips I cover here will work with standard emacs, but sometimes we will need to have extra packages installed for additional functionality.

Installing packages in emacs is a bit like adding extensions to your browser – they add lots of extra functionality that can be very useful.

The easiest way to install packages is to use the command package-list-packages and them search for the package you want (using e.g. C-s) and then mark it for installation by pressing i and then install all marked packages by pressing x.

Packages are available from various sources, and to get the best selection you should add the following to your emacs config file to add the MELPA package repository, and then restart emacs: